Thursday marks 5-year anniversary of biggest upset in college basketball

Back in 2018, University of Maryland-Baltimore County did something 135 teams before them couldn’t do.

They are the five letters no No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed ever wants to see: Upset.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County — the tiny school few fans had ever heard of, let alone picked in their bracket — pulling off the by beating the tournament’s top seed in Virginia.

UMBC’s lasting legacy became this: If you don’t watch out, 

While there were some close calls before 2018, No. 1 seeds had gone 135-0 before UMBC routed Virginia 75-54 at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center. Now they are 1-147. Like the

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